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What Clinton missed in ‘basket of deplorables’

  Hillary Clinton made a mistake when she put half of Donald Trump’s supporters in a “basket of deplorables.” She had already given her big speech on Trump’s ties to the alt right. And she had talked before about some of his supporters being “deplorable.” You could even read her remarks as an attempt to persuade liberals to have more ...

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Spain’s political mess isn’t dysfunction

  Spain faces the choice between a third general election in a year or a government based on some painful, improbable compromises. At first glance, this looks like a case study on the dysfunction of European parliamentary democracy. It is, however, nothing of the kind. I’ve heard many Americans say that whoever wins the presidential election, the country will more ...

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Asian markets sink after Wall Street sell-off

  AFP Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday as uncertainty over the future of central bank monetary policy weighed on buying interest while warnings of an extended oil glut sank energy firms. The region’s traders were given a rocky lead from Wall Street where all three main indexes ended more than one percent lower after a plunge in crude prices ...

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